"Power and Might"

"Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;" (Psalms 144:7)

   Again we find ourselves faced with something that is out of our control and beyond any of the resources at our disposal. Tell me you know what I mean, because it was only yesterday that it seemed David had full confidence that God had it all under control. Strange, isn't it, that the way we look at something, starts out with the proper focus, but then gets distorted by our natural tendency to put it into a human perspective. One of the cross-references for the verse above is Matthew 27:43, "He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God." We might not be able to see the whole picture; scarcely enough, do we ever even have a clue what picture we are even looking at, let alone any sort of detail that we might think is being revealed. In the case of those that dared to imagine what sort of relationship Jesus had with His Father; they were so far off from reality, their foolishness was put on display by their own words. In the case of David's plea, something we sometimes don't see, although we really don't care to imagine, is the fact that what we might be dealing with is something to benefit us, not hinder us. I really wish I could better explain what God has shown me, but it is way too complex and beyond description of mere words. All I can say, is that we must simply trust God has it all under control; regardless of what it might look like, where it might appear to be headed, and whatever the outcome might look like; nothing is actually the way things might appear, when it comes to the workings of God! To David's point, he was totally hoping for some serious intervention; not just for his immediate issue, which in and of itself was so far over his ability to understand, he felt as though he was drowning; but for what might become of anything else, something that might come forth, unforeseen and undetected. One more reason that we must not try to figure out what God might be doing, because there is absolutely no way that we can verify what we think we might know, at least not in our lifetime. The closing Scripture from yesterday is proof enough, God is not only in full control, but most of what we see, it is stuff that does not even matter, because it is not unshakable. Then again, what do we know; we simply must just say, "Thank You LORD!" and believe...

"Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." (Hebrews 12:1-4)